WE WANT TO CLEAN UP JORDAN CREEK! (A tributary to the Little Lehigh Creek)
JORDAN MEADOWS, ALLENTOWN:
Location of Park: Northern Allentown. Parking lot at intersection of American Parkway and Gordon Street.
Location of trash in park: Litter can accumulate near the recreation area. Rubber boots to get the trash at the edges could be helpful for some of the volunteers. Mostly trash from park users like soda bottles and snack food wrappers, but in this urbanized area anything is possible. Work from the parking lot and head upstream away from the bridge.
Participants: Easy access to trash near recreation area, though access to Jordan Creek more difficult as it becomes fairly steep. Appropriate for teens or older.
Restrooms NOT Available
Picnic Tables NOT Available
Garbage Drop Location: Contact Allentown’s Recycling & Bureau of Solid Waste to alert them that you would like to organize a cleanup. Provide them with information about the event and they will inform you where to put the trash to make sure it gets picked up promptly. Separate out tires, scrap metal/appliances and cans and bottles. Free trash bags and gloves available too. Always tightly close trash bags so the garbage is secure in the wind. Contact Christine Carter, Education & Enforcement Manager (carter@allentowncity.org) 610-437-8729
| Caution: Always scan for hazards like broken glass or poison ivy, but since this site is in an urbanized area you have to look out for more dangerous trash like syringes that may wash down into this area. |
